Improvement in washing-machines



tctrd gisten ROBERT WILSON, OF BURDETT, NEW YORK.

Letters Patent No. 93,263, dated August 3, 1869.

IMPROVEMENT IN' WASHING-MACHINES.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of thesame.

To all whom. it may concerne Be it known that I, ROBERT WILSON, ofBurdett, in the county of Schuyler, and in the State of New York, haveinventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Washing-lilachines; anddo hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawing,making a part of this specification, in which is shown a verticallongitudinal section of my improved device.

The nature of my invention consists in the general construction andarrangement of the machine, and in the employment ofa roller-shaft,secured to the front legs, by means of which said machine can bereadily' moved about a housev with the expenditure of but littlc force.

In the annexed drawing- A A represent the legs secured to and supportingthe box or trough of the machine, consisting of two perpendicularside-pieces B, and of two end-pieces C and D, both of which slopeAdownward to the bottom lil, at angles of from thirty to forty-fivedegrees with a perpendicular line'.

-One of the end-pieces, C, is provided with. a series of grooves, c c,Sac., extending laterally across the same,

while the opposite end D has a plain surface.

Secured to, and extending upward from each sidepiece B, at or near itscentre, lengthwise, is a standard, F, which is connected with that uponthe opposite side by inea-ns of a cross-bar, G, onev end of which isiitted into a vertical mortise in the upper end of eachstandard, thewhole serving as a support for a swin ging rubber or pounder, H,consisting of two strips 7i, each of which is pivoted, at its upper end,to a standard, and connected, at its lower end, to a horizontal board,I, extending downward nearly to the bottom E.

lIhe lower end of the board I, upon the side next to the corrugated orgrooved end O, is extended forward, and its upper surface is grooved, asshown in the drawing.

A handle, K, is attached' to the front side of the rubber, and projectsforward and upward, so as to be within'convenient'reachof the operatorshand, and furnishes arneans by which said rubber may be swung back andforth upon its pivots.

The operation of this machine will be readily understood.

A sufficient quantity of suds is supplied to the trough, and the clothesto be cleansed placed therein in front of the rubber, which, being thenswung back and forth, alternately compresses said clot-hes against thegrooved board O, and releases them, producing a rotary motion', by meansof which every part is subjected to the action ofthe rubber, and thewhole thoroughly cleansed.

' As the machine is diicult to move from one part of a room or house toanother, more especially when containing water and clothes, a roller, L,is secured upon a shaft, M, which shaft is pivoted within suitablebearings, projecting ibi-ward from the front legs, so that when themachine is resting upon all its legs, the roller will not bear upon thefloor, but, when the rear end of said machine israised by means of lzanlles N, secured to each side, said roller shall receive and support theentire weight of themachine, which, may then be pushed alongthe loorwith perfect ease.

'Having thus fully set forth the nature and merits 0f my invention,

What I claim as new, and Adesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

Ihe within-described washing-machine, consisting of the box BB, C, D,and E, standards F F, cross? bar G, rubber II, and handle I, incombination with the roller L and shaft M, all constructed and arrangedsubstantially as and for the purpose specified.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing, I have hereunto set my hand,this'l'l'th day of VJune, 1869.

ROBERT WILSON.

Witnesses: l

A. PATERsoN, JAMES Row.

